Why Did the Buddhist Faith Draw Many New Followers When

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why did the Buddhist faith draw many new followers when it first spread into China?

• A) It offered consolation and the promise of salvation to a culture beset by warfare.
• B) It provided the educated elite an escapist alternative to Confucianism.
• C) It provided social order and harmony in a morally unjust society.
• D) It could be practiced without challenging indigenous religious belief systems.

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